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10-03-2021 10:23 AM
10-03-2021 10:23 AM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
@Former-Member @Shaz51 @greenpea @Smc
so does anyone have any ideas about too many chillis?
they're not particularly hot so I'm using 2 at a time in everything I cook right now.
I have about 5 litres of sweet chilli sauce bottled
about a kilo chopped fine and frozen
about half a kilo chopped fine in oil
only half a kilo dried so far
all the trimmings get used to make garlic/chilli spray to keep bugs off the plants
Gave half a kilo away to a bloke at work today (no one else wants any)
still have about a kilo in the fridge and about 2 kilo still ripening on the bush
Recipes anyone?
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10-03-2021 11:06 AM
10-03-2021 11:06 AM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
@SJT63 Have you googled? My ex neighbour used to have a chili bush but the new neighbours pulled it out which is a shame. Sorry I cannot be of more help.xx
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10-03-2021 01:00 PM
10-03-2021 01:00 PM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
I dry my chillies and then use them in various dishes. I make peanut chicken and use a dried chilli to season/ give it a lift.
Dish is sort of satay like but not Asian - I serve with boiled potatoes, steamed cabbage and carrots.
1. Fry off a chicken fillet that has been sliced thinly with some olive oil and a teaspoon ground cumin.
2. In a blender make the sauce - 1 cup chicken stock (I use a cube), a good dollop of crunchy peanut butter and a dried chilli.
3. Pour sauce over chicken and simmer approx 20 minutes, add a bit of water if it thickens too much.
4. Serve with veg.
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23-03-2021 03:33 PM
23-03-2021 03:33 PM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
on the weekend I made up a recipe to use up some of the excess...
hot chili and pumpkin relish
it's hot
it's delicious.
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23-03-2021 04:32 PM
23-03-2021 04:32 PM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
Can see it already @SJT63
Spice up your wedding reception with SJTC's celebratory conjugal conserves.
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23-03-2021 05:31 PM
23-03-2021 05:31 PM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
@SJT63 Yummy! :p. That sounds delicious.xxx
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23-03-2021 05:43 PM
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23-03-2021 05:47 PM
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Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
My ex's nana (who had the face of a cherub) would make the best fig jam :). @Appleblossom @Former-Member @SJT63 @Shaz51 @Smc
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23-03-2021 06:02 PM
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Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
Yummmmm @greenpea , @Former-Member , @Appleblossom , @SJT63 , @Smc
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24-03-2021 10:26 AM
24-03-2021 10:26 AM
Re: In a jam, pickled, frozen, well preserved and other culinary triumphs
@greenpea, I made a fig and feijoa jam a couple of years ago that was very yummy. 🙂
I've gotten a bit of preserving done this year. Sour Cherry Jam, Redcurrant Jam, bottled peaches and pears. I was hoping for decent quantities of bottled tomatoes and other tomato-based preserves, but they've been slow to ripen. I'm looking down the barrel of green tomato pickles... but there's only so much of that we can get through.